Residential Assistant

Mental Health Kokua; Kailua (HI); On-site; USD 20,664 - 24,796; Full time

Job summary

A leading mental health organization is seeking a dedicated mentor for its residential services. The role involves assisting residents with daily living skills, planning activities, and ensuring a safe and supportive environment. Candidates should have a high school diploma and a passion for helping others achieve their recovery goals.

Responsibilities

• Mentoring residents in daily living skills.
• Planning and providing activities aligned with residents' interests.
• Documenting clinical records and ensuring compliance with policies.

Education

High school diploma

Job description

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RESPONSIBLE TO: Residential Services Coordinator or Designated Supervisor

FLSA STATUS: Non-Exempt

Responsibilities

1. Mentoring: Serves as a caring and understanding mentor, assisting residents with daily living skills to maintain tenancy in the community; e.g., paying rent, getting along with peers, basic problem solving, asking for assistance. Maintains a safe, clean, healthy, positive residential milieu, where residents are respected, welcomed, and encouraged as part of recovery.
2. ADL: Teach residents activities of daily living skills, such as cooking, personal grooming, and interpersonal relationship communication skills.
3. Safety: Respond to emergency situations according to MHK policies. Report any incident immediately to supervisor and complete incident report according to MHK policy.
4. Activities Planning: Plan and provide social, recreational, educational, and/or vocational activities that are appropriate and aligned with the residents’ interests.
5. Operations: Assist with ongoing household operations such as shopping, chore planning, residential maintenance, and related safety, health, and sanitation measures. Monitor and report any plumbing, electrical, safety, or carpentry problems; and arrange for repairs and upkeep as indicated.
6. Recovery: Empower consumers with the recovery model process of change through improvement of their health and wellness, to live a self-directed life, and to strive to reach their full potential. Approaches consumers with dignity and respect, encouraging development of their strengths, needs, abilities, and preferences, in a nonlinear process based on growth, setbacks, and learning from experience.
7. Service Planning: Assist residents in attaining mutual service plan goals and objectives, and communicate with the resident’s case manager.
8. Clinical Documentation: Document in English in consumer’s records including progress notes, monthly summaries, service plans, and required forms. Ensure documentation is timely and accurate, following MHK policy.
9. Resident Supervision: Provide care and supervision of residents, including knowing their whereabouts, reinforcing appropriate behavior, handling crisis situations, and documenting behaviors inconsistent with baseline.
10. Medication Monitoring: Observe residents’ self-administration of medication as appropriate, and document adherence according to MHK policy.
11. Work Rules: Adhere to and maintain current MHK work rules. Report and resolve issues of non-compliance.
12. Code of Ethics: Maintain current knowledge of MHK’s code of conduct/ethics, applicable laws, regulations, and policies. Report and resolve non-compliance issues.
13. Clinical Supervision: Participate in clinical supervision with a mental health professional, discussing recovery, behavioral changes, interactions, ethical issues, documentation, cultural competency, model fidelity, and training needs.
14. Program Description: Follow MHK’s community housing program guidelines, including service philosophy, resident handbook, and ethics.

Minimum Qualifications

High school diploma.

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Compensation details:

15-18 Hourly Wage

Seniority level

• Entry level

Employment type

• Full-time

Job function

• Administrative

Industries

• Mental Health Care